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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Anne of Green Gables Lemonade

Messy Messy Fail - I found a really cute bathing suit on sale at TJMaxx a couple of years ago - tankini style, fit great. Except after 2349872320 washes from uncountable swimming lessons, the fuchsia color still runs. And stains anything it comes into contact to. Like the baby's white swim t-shirt. He looks great in pink now.

Tidy Victory - I had 10 episodes of Pioneer Woman and Trisha's Southern Kitchen DVR'ed so I could save recipes on Pinterest - pinned and deleted. The DVR now has 39% free space.

When I was in elementary & middle school I LOVED reading, especially the classics like Little Women, The Little House on the Prairie series and the Anne of Green Gables series. I still do love reading, but I find myself pressed for time (but I'm still determined to finish my book from the library since they haven't shunned me after my 9 months of no renewing).

Another childhood favorite is carnival stand lemonade - the kind they squeeze fresh right in front of you with their giant lemon press and put in the big white, green and yellow container, complete with behemoth accordion straw. The straw is usually green I think.

It's so sweet yet tart, refreshing with all of those juicy little pieces of lemon floating around.

When I happened to come across this blog post with the Anne of Green Gables Cookbook recipe for Old Fashioned Lemonade, I was totally inspired to try making some fresh lemonade myself.

What nostalgia - drinking the same lemonade as Anne while she sat on the porch with Matthew and Marilla!

My mouth starting watering as soon as I purchased my family pack of lemons at Wegmans.

If you want to try making your own fresh lemonade just like Anne, here's what you need: